Dave Sylvester of Bayer Environmental Science recently presented Frank DeRosa, superintendent of Cedar Brook Country Club in Old Brookeville, N.Y., with a Ford F-150 pick-up truck as part of the company’s year-long sweepstakes celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Merit insecticide (DeRosa was the contest’s grand prize winner in the golf industry category.

“The contest was a fun way of thanking our loyal Merit customers, some of whom have been using this remarkable product since its debut in 1994,” says Sylvester, Bayer field sales representative for New York.

DeRosa chose between the Ford F-150 two-year lease, a trip for four to the Richard Petty NASCAR driving school or a $10,000 gift card to Lowe’s. The Merit Ten-Year Sweepstakes awarded more than $70,000 in prizes in 2004, including computers, airfares and various gift cards.